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Old 07-18-2013, 09:22 AM   #280
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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho View Post
It's not that I (and many others) think the Chiefs are incapable of having a good year.
Oh, I remember you and some others and where you stand on this. You feel that even if KC improves only to a 4-8 win team in 2013, that it is meaningless.

That is an outlook that I disagree with. I would even respectfully disagree with it, but people come off as such dicks, that respect just isn't gonna be given to them.

All I can speak of as a fan was my experience as a SF fan when we recently had some dark times. I would sit and watch every game.. more than once.. and still find excitement and hope while knowing (after evidence builds) that they would likely fail. I would appreciate every win and mourn every loss week to week.

So when certain fans tell me that they would prefer to go 0-16 in the effort to somehow some way get this imaginary QBOTF? Yeah.. my thought on that is hell no. If you are a passionate fan like me? Losing really makes for a depressingly long 4 months.

So here, I give you 2 scenarios... the first of which is slightly below what I truly expect.

1) The Chiefs finish the season 8-8. They show the fans and league that they are not the bottom-dwellers of the league, and are tough to beat in every game.

They give the fans some real excitement and hope... despite not always coming out on top. Do most other teams and fans respect their opponent for an 8-8 record and giving them a tough battle? I'd say yes. Do they respect a 2-14 team that gives up and lays down on blowout losses and an inept passing game? I'd say no.

Does going 8-8 and picking in the middle 1st rd eliminate that team's chance of selecting a good QB to develop into a QBOTF? I'd say no... even with a missing 2nd/3rd rounder. There are always options to move up.

bottom line: Chiefs earned some respect back at 8-8. Have a current vet QB that (very likely) wouldn't be the the main reason for the close losses.. but he might not be that special guy beyond reproach. So in the 2014 draft.. the Chiefs draft an early rd QB to compete and develop.. to perhaps push the team further into a playoff shot.

*mind you, I think if KC misses the playoffs this season, it would be due to the team not gelling quickly enough.. and overall just not being as solid as many think. I am expecting 9 wins this season.. and more the next season.

2) In this scenario, KC didn't trade for Alex. They traded a 4th for Matt Moore and selected Geno Smith at 1.1.

KC then wins 4 games... 4-12 record. This is honestly what I'd expect in this scenario.

So to cut it short.. you are telling me that you'd rather lose twice as many games... draft a QB in 1.1.. having no idea of how he will develop and perform.. and further push the fans and team players into wanting out. Just on the chance that Geno turns out to be good someday down the road.

A veteran QB that's been top 10 in QB passer rating the last 2 years... this guy, you give zero chance to be the guy that helps lead you to the SB. The same guy that got his team a fumble away in 2011.. and had a 6-2 record the next year.. this guy gets zero chance to be your "Rich Gannon"... even though he's been putting up relatively similar numbers, though slightly less, due to Harbaugh's system.

Yet you give far more belief to some rookie being better.. on the heels of the team winning 4 games and losing more faith?


Hey, I guess I see what you want. Just can not agree with it. More to the point though... your GM and HC wanted to go another route. So as fans.. you have a choice to make. You can take the pouting, disgruntled approach... or you can shrug it off.. and support the decisions made.. just be excited, optimistic, and pull for the team.

It's really just misdirected anger. You are pissed off at the choices of your team's decision-makers... and since you can't take that anger out on them? You try and take it out on the forum people that are not sharing your outrage. It isn't really working though. As the other forum people, we are pretty immune to the insults. It just comes off as children throwing a tantrum.

Now all of this may not apply to you, Duncan.. so don;t take it all personally. And no, it also won't phase me at all if this post is entirely ignored. I'm typing away while I sip my coffee. I find it relaxing.. so either way, I am getting what I want.
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